Exit 19

Looks like our "Teenage Dream" is becoming a reality: Darren Criss is in talks to join 'Glee' as a series regular.

According to Deadline Hollywood, Criss was first cast on a recurring basis, but after last night's gay bullying episode, he may be sticking around full-time.

If all goes according to plan, look for Criss' Blaine to be a series regular at the start of season 3.

In other casting news ...• Malcolm-Jamal Warner will guest star on 'Community.' The 'Cosby Show' veteran will play Shirley's ex-husband. [Entertainment Weekly]• Trevor Donovan will guest star on 'CSI.' The '90210' star will show up as a casino actor who claims to have been mugged. Carrot Top will appear in the episode as himself. [Zap2It]

• Bonnie Franklin has been tapped to guest star on TV Land's 'Hot in Cleveland.' Franklin, who costarred alongside Valerie Bertinelli on 'One Day at a Time,' will also be joined in season 2 by Melanie Griffith, Wayne Knight, Illeana Douglas, John Schneider, Jack Wagner and David Starzyk. [Entertainment Weekly]

Rod Lurie is no stranger to writing strong female characters. In film, he wrote and directed The Contender, with Joan Allen as a woman who was being considered for the Vice Presidency of the United States.

Then with Commander in Chief on ABC, he made Geena Davis the President and actually showed her in action -- until the show was canceled.

They've done the right thing at CBS in casting -- at least it seems right. Brooklyn native Rosie Perez will play Lorna, Geena Davis' cop partner on the force in Exit 19. I say it's the right thing, and good casting, because Lorna is supposed to be a Brooklyn girl. You can't get more authentic than Rosie Perez. She's a New Yorker through and through. In Exit 19, with Geena cast as a cop who works in the city while raising two kids in Long Island, the work atmosphere will likely seem a lot more realistic with Perez as her partner. If they can muster up the chemistry of a Cagney & Lacey, they'll be well on their way to a success. Of course, with Rosie all of five feet, one and a half inches and Geena a statuesque six feet, they're going to look like Mutt and Jeff.

She's trying one more time. That'll make it three attempts, but who's counting. Three attempts since the new century, that is. Anyway, the point is that Geena Davis's new police drama, Exit 19, has been greenlighted by CBS. The Oscar-winning actress (for The Accidental Tourist), is going from playing the first female president on Commander in Chief, to an eccentric New York homicide detective who's also raising two kids -- sans spouse -- in suburban Long Island.